About Mae

Mae Lu is a Canada-born, So-Cal-raised Asian American 30 Something, living a dream with her hubby & dog in the magical kingdom of Hawaii.

This red-lipstick aficionado designs websites for a living and runs a fledgling lifestyle YouTube Channel in her spare time. On the weekends, if she's not filming, you can find her behind the lens of her Sony A6000, shooting scenery in Hawaii, hiking the hills and ridges of her beloved island home, or chasing the perfect sunset.

Why "thereafterish."? Because "and they lived happily ever thereafter" is just half of every story, and this is mine.

We’ve been on a roll lately, going out on dates this weekends, you know, actually having weekends, whereas usually, we don’t have an hour to spare. I usually do have a few hours here and there, but with a Husby working 16-17 hour days 7 days a week, that doesn’t really leave a lot of room to do fun things on the weekends or … well, any time.

Saturday, we went out at like 10PM for a super late dinner at Café Via in Birmingham. Excellent food. I had the garlic cream penne with salt and garlic crusted salmon. Oh. My. God.

Going out to dinner gave me the opportunity to dust off my fashion muscles lately–and an opportunity to wear a new shirt that I’ve been aching to wear but couldn’t because I have an 8-5 that has specific rules about wearing graphic tees…

Unfortunately, the collection has already sold out as of this weekend, but not before I snagged a Because I’m Addicted Tee (Geri Hirsch, one of my favourite bloggers based out of LA), and a Style Bytes tee. I loved the Because I’m Addicted Tee so much I actually bought a second one, because I knew I’d be likely to wear the shirt often enough that it could possibly wear out. So I have a back up stored in my closet for that Just In Case scenario.

I’ve been reading Geri’s site for about two, two and a half years now, and I’ve always enjoyed her style sensibility–it’s the quintessential LA. A bit high fashion, a bit high street/main street fashion, a bit vintage, a bit rockstar, a bit New York, a bit Parisian, but with a whole lot of sass and sweet mixed in.

So when I found out that the collection featured an illustration of her doll Halloween outfit, I was so geeked.

At first first, I was an eensy bit iffy, considering that the collection was created with Forever 21. Which is why I bought two shirts, afraid that it would wear out after one washing or one wear… but the material is surprisingly comfy and luxe, with a subtle sheen to it. It stretches a bit, and it’s loose enough for it to be airy and worn with a scandalously lacy bra underneath. The tank fit a lot better than the short sleeve T, so the sizing is inconsistent across the collection–as is consistent with F21’s sizing issues (consistently inconsistent). But I’m more than delighted on the whole with Geri’s tank. Style Bytes’ T, I had to shrink–a no no with viscose! However, balled up into a lingerie net and only dried on low heat, it shrunk just enough to be slightly loose and it fits wonderfully now, if the graphic is just a bit faded.

It’s like wearing a piece of art. No, it’s exactly that! I’d recommend you buy one or three. But they sold out Sunday.

I wore Geri’s T with high-waisted pants too long for me, so I cuffed them until they became high water ankle pants, and paired them with my trusty Jeffrey Campbell heels and a patent belt.

I felt pretty for the like, the third time that week. Like I said. On a roll.

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About Mae

Mae Lu is a Canada-born, So-Cal-raised Asian American 30 Something, living a dream with her hubby & dog in the magical kingdom of Hawaii.

This red-lipstick aficionado designs websites for a living and runs a fledgling lifestyle YouTube Channel in her spare time. On the weekends, if she's not filming, you can find her behind the lens of her Sony A6000, shooting scenery in Hawaii, hiking the hills and ridges of her beloved island home, or chasing the perfect sunset.

Why "thereafterish."? Because "and they lived happily ever thereafter" is just half of every story, and this is mine.